The Saga of Swamp Thing Annual
DC · 1982 · 1 issue
About the series
Over a single 1982 issue, DC’s The Saga of Swamp Thing Annual paired writer Bruce Jones and guest scripter Wes Craven with artist Mark Texeira for a self-contained horror story. Though brief, the annual stands as a curious early intersection of comics and cinema, with Craven—then fresh off The Hills Have Eyes—lending his genre sensibility to the mire-born elemental. A footnote in the Swamp Thing mythos, it’s a snapshot of a moment when the character was still finding his voice before Alan Moore’s legendary run redefined him.